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# Feeder Sizing

> [!cite] 250.122 Size of Equipment Grounding Conductors
> **(A) General.** Copper, aluminum, or copper-clad aluminum
> equipment grounding conductors of the wire type
> shall not be smaller than shown in Table 250.122,
> but in no case shall they be required to be larger
> than the circuit conductors supplying the equipment...

Apparently in the 2026 NEC First Draft Meetings,
Code Making Panel 5 clarified that the equipment grounding conductor (EGC)
never needs to be larger than the largest ungrounded conductor in any raceway
when installed in parallel.
I can not find a source to verify this.